Cheryl Carter

Far-reaching black metallers combine forces to epic effect

Grim and grimy missives from the foul side of South London

Will and fury from the Iranian-Norwegian BM allliance

Soul-searing sludge from the depths of Denmark

Gallic black metallers return in body only

Varg Vikernes dusts down his synth for an ambient soundtrack

Transcendental doom odyssey to the heart of the arcane

The future sound of the UK’s progressive black metal scene

Finland’s dark metallers uncover devastating new depths

Irish adventurers unveil a bewildering opus

Progressive post-rockers find a new lease of life

Avant-death disorientation from the darkest parts of Down Under

Nordic BM unit fight their battles with nobility

Mighty, blackened hymns to the majesty of Alba

Legendary metal miscreants trash the rulebook

Esoteric doom/sludge duo continue their transformation

Windy City natives take the rough with the smooth

Carpathian black metallers get their claws out

Gallic voyagers take too many wrong turns

Grandiose, industrial black metal from German duo

Elemental elegies from doom-laden Nola crew

Spiritually cleansing sludge from the killing fields of Flanders

NY’s diabolical duo tune in to the dark side

Razor-edged miserablism from the wilds of Norway

Triumphant tristesse from East Coast post-BM crew